For the second year in a row, LG is announcing a lightning-fast rollout for the new version of Android on its flagship phone. The LG G4 will start getting Marshmallow next week, but only if you live in Poland. That was also the first G3 Lollipop market last year. LG likes Poland, I guess. Other markets in Europe, Asia, and the Americas are to follow.

LG cites the improved permission system, do not disturb mode, and doze as the headlining features of the Marshmallow update. That's all stuff you can currently only experience on a Nexus device. Not even Motorola (with its new Lenovo masters) has announced a Marshmallow soak test. This doesn't mean LG is sending you Marshmallow personally, just that it is starting the long and arduous process of deploying the OTA.

LG will probably be monitoring for feedback on the Polish update before tweaking it for deployment in the rest of the world. US carriers are also likely to slow things down as they test and certify the OTA. The Lollipop update didn't hit some variants of the G3 until late winter last time. Temper your expectations.

Press Release

LG BEGINS ANDROID 6.0 MARSHMALLOW
ROLLOUT STARTING WITH G4

LG Customers in Poland to be World’s First to Receive Android Upgrade

SEOUL, Oct. 15, 2015 ― Owners of LG Electronics’ (LG) G4 smartphone will be the first in the world to receive the Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. LG G4 owners in Poland will begin receiving their M upgrade beginning next week with other markets in Europe, Asia and the Americas to follow.

The latest update to the Android operating system offers a number of features designed to enhance the user experience, such as:

Permissions have been simplified with greater control of the information applications can access, not only at the installation stage but any time

Silent feature for sound and vibrate mode as well as a Do Not Disturb mode to block all sounds or only alarms and notifications

Doze Mode which shuts down background processing of certain apps when the phone is not in use, to significantly prolong battery life

“By working closely with Google, LG has been able to bring Android 6.0 to the G4 ahead of any of our competitors,” said Chris Yie, vice president and head of marketing communications for LG Mobile Communications Company. “While speed alone isn’t an indicator of great service, it does go a long way toward giving consumers the confidence that LG is committed to its existing customers first.”

Details of the Android M upgrade schedule and affected models will be announced in individual markets.

Comments

Sitting here with the Nexus 7 2013 and the Nexus 6P on order. *Quietly stares at friend's S6* *snickers*

Sruly J

Bought the N5 last night, a family member ordered the S5 earlier this week and got it yesterday, so I can completely relate.

Francois Roy

You bought the N5..X, right? Not the OG N5...?

Sruly J

Not the 5X. The OG. I got a crazy deal on it, and if/when I upgrade to the 5X, I will make a pure profit on the OG.
Tbh though, as much as I wanted to get the 5X, I'm slightly disappointed in it (won't get into it now), and was reluctant to get it.
Besides, the OG is pretty nice, and it met certain criteria which I was looking for. And since I got it off contract...

Simon Belmont

Agree with you there. I've had my N5 since launch and the N5X wasn't much of an upgrade from it, IMO.

That's why I went with the N6P. Patiently waiting for it to hit my doorstep.

Sruly J

When I was talking to someone about it, he asked me several times why I don't get the 6. The easiest reason to explain was that I don't want a phablet. Besides I explained, since I'm not getting a contract, I can upgrade any time to a new device.
And with various evidence I have of carriers looking into selling the 5X and 6P, along with prices...

Which reminds me, saw a 5X commercial earlier today, and I was literally drooling.

Honestly though, as for why I am reluctant to spring for 5X, while I am not bothered by the storage offered (I figured out a solution), there aren't any specs there which I really need. So, I figured I may as well get the OG for a crazy deal, and see if I like it.

Since there's no warranty, first thing I'll do after getting it is rooting it, this way I can transition faster, and be ready for eventually when CM released 13.0. That's the only downside to getting the OG, this is it's 2 year b-day which means that M is most likely its final official OS update. #FirstWorldProblems

Simon Belmont

Is the solution cloud based or OTG USB drive based? Lol. But seriously 32GB and starting at 16GB really killed it for me. Also, only 2GB of RAM when the Nexus 4 had it 3 years ago seemed a bit weird for a 2015 phone when my wife's ZenFone 2 has 4GB of RAM for $300, but I digress. As for the original N5, I still love mine, and it'll stay in my possession to be used as a backup phone and for other tasks. Maybe Google will give it Android N next year (they do say AT LEAST 3 years of updates), who knows.

I went for the 6P even though I've been a consummate large phone denier (literally for years, since the Note series became a thing), but damn it if the N6P didn't just check of all the boxes and at only $70 more for the 32GB version versus the 32GB N5X, it was a no-brainer for me. Plus I could expand my storage by buying the higher storage model (went with a 128GB aluminum). I figure $599 (with Google Play Store credit) is a really good deal. Last year's N6 was $700 for half the storage. And if we really want to make a comparison the 16GB iPhone 6S costs $50 more than the 128GB N6P (we really should look at the 6S Plus to be more fair), not that I'd cross shop with an iPhone anyway, but the prices are true. But, yeah, you'll enjoy the N5, easily (it flies on Marshmallow and battery life is improved).

Sruly J

Music will be on my watch, pics are in Google photos, movies and large games will be on old phone (well, at least the current movis which I have, I'm backlogged to 2013).
I have several OTGs, but the only one which I use is a 64Gb SanDisk one which I got for $10.
So as you can tell, memory isn't exactly an issue. Nor was it when they said storage options for 5X. I can work with 16 Gb.
That's not to say that I wouldn't have wanted 32Gb, like I said, I got a crazy deal for 16Gb.

Simon Belmont

Yeah. 32GB has actually been fine for me on my N5. :)

But, I have two small kids and I know I'll be filling it up with more and more pictures and videos as they increase their activities and such. So, I wanted to futureproof more than anything (I plan on keeping my N6P for 3 years, minimum). I do use Google Photos (and do local backups at home - redundancy FTW). But, I just wanted worry free storage and not having to constantly micromanage it, but I'm glad you have solutions in place that work great for you (that's all that matters). :D

Sruly J

You answered my question of who needs 128Gb of local storage.
Since I'm not big on taking pics / videos at this point in my life, I'm fine with 16Gb.
Looking back at my response, I realized I'm using 5 storage places, I should probably narrow it down.

Peter Silie

At least 2 years of upgrades.
FTFY

Simon Belmont

Actually, it's at least 3 years of being on the latest version of Android. Which is exactly what I stated above.

The third year you're on the latest version and you receive security patches the entire year. At the end of that year (like with this year's Nexus 7 2012, N4 and N10) support ends (though the N4 and N10 are getting one more security patch next month, I think).

someone755

On the note of the RAM comment you made -- I have a 2GB phone and see no issues with it. And even so, the S80x is more than powerful enough to handle ZRAM when (or if) the need for more RAM arises.
Honestly, after taking my phone to get repaired, and being forced to use my old Xperia S (dual-core Snapdragon S3, 1GB RAM -- the specs don't help, and neither do the software choices since even stock is slow), I'd be more than content with a Nexus 4.

My Nexus 7, for example, breezes through everything my phone struggles to do and OOM's out of, despite the same 1GB RAM, and the same goes for my sister's low-end LG phone, though, asides from the core S400+1GB RAM specs, I don't know much about it (and I don't use this phone for more than internet browsing and using it as a phone). Seems like CPU performance is more important in this case.

Simon Belmont

I'm fine with 2GB of RAM, too... For now. But I tend to keep my phones for several years (I don't constantly change them around like some folks because they need the latest and greatest constantly, which is fine, BTW, to each his own). So, in the name of futureproofing and the eventual release of multi-window multitasking, and the ever continuing increase of app memory (especially games) memory footprints, I would have preferred at least 3GB in the new N5X. ;)

Stock Android on 2GB of RAM, now? Yeah, it's great. How will it be 2-3 years from, now, though? When I see phones with 4GB of RAM being sold for $300 to $400, it makes me think that adding at least ONE extra gigabyte wouldn't be that hard. Believe me, I understand your point of view. I just didn't see the N5X as much of an upgrade over my current N5, but a 64GB option and/or 3GB of RAM might have swayed me. As for your last point, RAM is actually pretty darned important these days, as mentioned in my previous paragraph (bigger app memory requirements, etc). But, just being able to have several Chrome tabs and not have my streaming music die on me when I switch to Hangouts is important (which 2GB handles fine for now, after they fixed that pesky memory leak). :)

someone755

Everything you said is true, but I feel like you should've put more emphasis on that last part -- optimization. Google, and OEMs especially, should seriously start minimizing RAM usage.
That's not to say I don't agree with more RAM, but it just seems like it promotes laziness; take Samsung's TouchWiz for example. Lots of RAM, but also a TON of things eating it up. A double-edged sword that really shouldn't be when paying $500 or more for a plastic slab.

Μλττ τσηυζζι

Impatiently waiting for it to hit my doorstep.
FTFY

Simon Belmont

Lol. Yes.

You found out my secret. I'm actually a pretty patient person most of the time, but in some cases...

Peter Silie

Hope your doorstep is insured ;)

Tomfoolery

My 2013 N7 hasn't got the 6.0 OTA yet. Is that normal?

Simon Belmont

Yeah. It can take anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks.

I always seemed to be the last to get updates. That's why I started sideloading OTAs myself quite a while ago.

Me too! But this time it was factory image! Developers preview 3 to 6.0

Đức Thành

I was patiently waiting while still on 5.1.1 so I flashed factory image right away too.

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sinaasappel

Why not install it with NRT?

Marcel Ulbrich

What do you need that for, when all it takes is one double-click on the provided flash-all script or one adb command?

Ua_dk

I only got a 9 mb bugfix two days ago

Me

I wouldnt if I were you. Id prefer Samsung wait for Google to fix the bugs first and make MM actually better than LP.

Too many phones were updated to LP before it was ready, making them worse than they were on KK.

Marcel Ulbrich

In other anecdotal news: Many devices went to 5.0.1 when 5.1.1 was already out, that's not waiting for Google to fix bugs, that's just being slow, or else they might have used the actual fixed version as a base.

Me

Newsflash, OEMs can fix it on their own without needing to rely on Google. LG do that, which is why the G2 and G3 arent on 5.1.1 however this takes time. Thats why its better to wait for a fix (or fix it yourself) rather than just installing the latest Google bugfest because higher numbers=cool.

psy spy

LG is the new Motorola.

Brendon

LOL no,the soak test of pure will start this week motorola send the emails to the people

Renaldi I.

Got screenshots of said email?

OnlinePredator

So motorola have nothing, and LG are starting soak tests. Hmmm....

Adil Tajgeer

updating garbage skin to newer version of garbage skin quickly...hmmm

Amit_N

That was Faaast

Brendon

Why they are saying this if just next week they will release the update?

Sruly J

To get users excited probably. Sorta like why did HTC say that for Kit Kat, devices would get it within 90 days? So users would look upon them more favorably.

Ghost

...the goodwill for which HTC wasted by missing the deadline every time.

Simon Belmont

The classic adage applies. Under promise...

Over-deliver. That doesn't happen when they miss their mark.

q

Because unlike Motorola, they actually update their phone.

ethd

Hope the G3 follows soon afterward. I'm pretty impressed by the speed of their updates, but time will tell if they actually care enough to support their devices longer-term.

Polish community is really active, and it's small enough to test a new software without a major risk.
We are more interested in premium phones than a few years ago, and beside of CloudyG3, the second most popular ROM came from Poland (at least when I was an active G3 user).

q

I dont know. Ask HItler.

Asdf1234

Lol. Nexus 6 is still waiting 0__0

psy spy

I got update for N5 yesterday

Elphonse Elric

Beat me to it, was going to say it'd be criminal if the G4(Good on you, LG!) beat the Nexus 6 to update, because so far all I've received is a security patch a couple of days ago on my N6.

I remember the days when T-Mobile was on their update game. They're basically Verizon now minus all the branding.

Simon Belmont

Amazing that AT&T was one of the first. I remember the AT&T One M8 had just gotten KitKat when Lollipop was rolling out to my wife's T-Mobile HTC One M7.

Yeah, the M7 (you know, the older one)... Not the M8.

Elphonse Elric

Curious how much the Wifi calling in Tmobile phones has slowed updates in the past. With Sprint and AT&T to have it as well, it won't be an excuse, if ever it was one.

Régis Knechtel

Not a big fan of LG, but that was awesome!

Đức Thành

They made three friggin' generations of Nexus phones to date, you'd better think LG is pretty awesome.

jj

In my lexicon, LG means shit battery.

elchuby

OK.

Đức Thành

Don't the G3 and G4 have great battery?

Kash Khan

You've clearly forgotten about the LG G2

someone755

The Nexus phones were okay for what they were, at their prices.
Their normal line of phones has a 'skin' so appalling to me I'd rather take iOS, and their plasticky builds are comparable to, if not worse than Samsung's run up until the Galaxy Alpha.
Just my opinion.

Đức Thành

I don't like their skin either. It seems nobody does. I wonder why LG hasn't scrapped that altogether and go the stock route, everything they does with their software seems like a Samsung mimic...

Ryan

Everything they do with their software looks like it was just done intentionally to make it worse than AOSP to my eyes.
-Owner of a G3.

Adil Tajgeer

and that is why they won't go AOSP. LG has even less creativity and software competence than samsung.

Régis Knechtel

If they only made Nexus phones, then maybe i'd think LG was pretty awesome. Unfortunately, I know their other phones + their fugly skin.

David Onter

I despise their software, but LG is one of the most solid phone makers. The LG G4 is one of my favorite devices from 2015 and the best overall package imo.

V10 is interesting. I wonder what the battery life is like with that small screen always on, though.

I mean it has the same sized battery as a G4. So it has to be lower than that.

truename

Yes, that and I hope they don't get cocky and price it right. It's crazy, but with all these phones coming out, there's not that much to choose from at least for me.

* Samsung went Apple (yes the bootloader is locked and no you don't need microSD storage or removable battery; we know what's good for you and that's the end of discussion! Hey, we have "premium" build now just like those other guys with their expensive phones, isn't it something? ...)

* HTC is delusional (about to introduce a mid-spec A9 as a means to turn things around). One word: Titanic.

* Sony is suicidal (having exactly what people want, the Z5, shows no attempt to sell it in the US). They're not even trying! This will end well for the company, uh-huh ...

* Motorola is under an evil spell where they just can't make a device that has both a great cam AND battery life. Nope. Impossible even if they try. Have they actually tried? I dunno. It's a spell!

* Google's Nexus program is just to show everyone Google can build stuff. But selling these phones is kinda boring and Google's kinda busy with other important stuff, so you might get your new Nexus one day when Google decides to sell it to you.

As you can see, LG is our only hope! At least here in the US anyway ...

Daniel Moshee

"Motorola is under an evil spell where they just can't make a device that has both a great cam AND battery life."

LOL. Do you even know what you're talking about? Battery life on Moto G 3rd Gen. and Moto X Play is excellent. Camera on Moto X Pure and Moto X Play is excellent. Get your facts right.

AsterMK

Re-read the comment. He wants a phone with BOTH a great camera and great battery life. Motorola doesn't have that. The X Play has a decent camera, but it's not great, and low light performance is abysmal compared to flagships.

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

But X Play is not flagship. X Style is

AsterMK

And it only has average battery life. The point still stands.

someone755

You're blaming Sony for not trying to sell phones in the US?
Really, you should be blaming the US carrier system and the fact that most people are idiots -- the market share is basically divided between Apple and Samsung, both of which have an insane amount of advertising (something that Sony does not need in its current markets, Europe and Asia).

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

You're delusional if you think Sony is gonna go under because the US didn't get their devices

the link to the article: "http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/18/8063269/sony-electronics-future-selling-off-pc-smartphone-tv"

TylerChappell

Umm, no. Dont get so excited so fast. LG is still a joke in things that don't include front-load washers and dryers, and display panels.
Aside from this singular Poland anomaly, LG was always the worst OEM when it came to updates before the Nexus 4 days and that will continue now for every one other of their phones that isn't the Nexus 5X.

OnlinePredator

Display panels still better than some.... *cough samsung...

DuckingGold

You're just talking out of your ass

TylerChappell

Nah, LG's track record of the past 4 years very easily proves how right I am.

fijisiv

"LG was always the worst before... the Nexus 4"
Fortunately we live in 2015 which is *after* the Nexus 4. But that's good info if I want to buy a phone 3 years ago.

Umm, you totally missed the point. They were terrible with updates before the Nexus 4. When the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 happened, people seemed to forget just how bad they were, but their track record on all their other phones released in 2012 and 2013 proved that they were still the same old Samsung clone while being horrible at updates. Just wait an observe how long it takes for all their phones released this year to receive updates that aren't the Nexus 5X. It will be laughable. Poland means nothing in the bigger picture.

JD

I don't know who to reply too but I agree. LG still is a f-ing laughing stock. The LG-G2 had a ridiculously short support period. Let's face it the Nexus' they built are crap but was saved by the low prices. The LG-G3 -G4 are prime example of rush to market and compromise. But hell its OK because every other OEM somehow managed to sh*t the bed much worse.

Prezes Dyrektor

sorry mate i dont get this point.

you say the nexus phones from lg which helped reshape the market were crap? in terms of return on investment?

i get other issue with non nexus is software updates, - well my remedy to that has been custom roming (the oem skins are terrible enough)

what's with the rush to market and compromise? all oems are right now on a yearly release schedule. the g2 was a great phone (is really a nexus 5 ultra), g3 had too many pixels vs juice, and i only hear good things about g4. each one of them is a good or a very good phone (IF you flash the rom, i admit if there's one thing i hate it's oem skinning)

some other guy here is saying how lg is crap because three years ago... i just turn the page :-)

JD

No I said they're built like crap (reading fail) the LG-G3 was rushed to market use it it was launched 6 months before the rest of the flagships and it shows. The LG-G4 is a device built on compromise.

Kash Khan

What's wrong with the G4? My wife has been using one for a few months now and absolutely loves it, unlike my sister who's always complaining about the crappy battery life on her G6 Edge

Prezes Dyrektor

i don't buy phones on day one, and I'm not on any contract. the g2 still cuts it for me, and the g3 goes for as low as 300 bucks. and ofc flash it as soon as you get it. it will be a great phone.

thijsbrg

The G2 might still get Marshmallow, so what are talking about?! They have not announced anything about that yet, also, like sammy is giving the S4 an update to 6.0, yeah it's not.

Me

LG G2 got LP, what more do you want? The D802 actually got 15 updates so far.

someone755

So it went from KitKat to Lollipop?
Not much of a support period, is it, when you're paying ~$600 and only get a year worth of upgrades?

Kash Khan

The LG G2 shipped with 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. So it got updated to 4.3 Jelly Bean, then 4.4 Kit Kat, and is currently on 5.0.1 Lollipop. Three major Android upgrades is pretty damn good for an OEM.

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

Pff, not even 5.1.1? And it's unknown if it's getting Marshmallow

Me

No, it went from JB to LP and will likely go to MM as well. Just because its on 5.0.2 is doesnt mean its been abandoned. Its version of LP was as up to date with patches as 5.1.1, the same happened with KK which stopped at 4.4.2 because it has patches to make it equivalent to 4.4.4

JD

Not all the LG-G2 the Canadian model which is 2000% the same as the US ones was abandoned at 4.4.x

Hope no more holo ui elements even on marshmallow... Because their lollipop is full of holo elements, looking ugly af.

Cole C

What's holo about there ui?

Azar

I know I'm being picky, but I seriously hate their ui, such as square overflow, weird design in their settings, and so on, many things that I can't remember right now.

matteventu

LG UI's settings are one of the ugliest thing I've seen ever.

Azar

It definitely is and I think they should improve up on it but they either don't give a damn or they think that's the best ui they could do. I guess it's the latter, they simply think their UI is superior, but does anyone agree with their thought? I personally don't.

I always wondered that! What is going on in Poland?
All these companies start with Poland including Samsung. Either there are a ton of genius coders there or it must be a tax thing for them so they put their HQ there and updates start there. Don't know, have to look into it.

Lukasz Brodziak

A liitle bit of both :) i wouldn't say we have a ton of genius coder but definetly there are a lot of them here. The tax thing is also important. Besides we are simply nice guys (not saying that other nationalities are not though ;-) )

but seriously I don't know how's it with Smasung bu LG makes some of their stuff here so and they are quite popular especially in TV segment. Or maybe they just want to release it in "limited" environment as it is easier to get grip on a small amount of devices bricked by the update than on large population like in US ar Asian countries. Just guessin'

AFAIK it also has to do with the fact, that there are relatively few users there... which means: if there are problems, it would only concern a smaller number of people and would also have a lower impact on their reputation in general. It's a little bit like a guinea pig status next to the other factors mentioned. Similar as e.g. the case with Project Ara... they chose a small "controlled environment" i.e. Chile to test it.
When it comes to that stuff I actually envy them about that "guinea pig" status... because the chances that something actually goes wrong are relatively small. But it also did happen... looking at you Samsung.

Med1vh

"AFAIK it also has to do with the fact, that there are relatively few users there... "

Not true, smartphone penetration in poland is 35% which means out of 40 million citizens 15m of them own smartphones. So that's not a small market at all.

Ch. Hamel

...but the number of actual LG G4 owners should be significantly lower... and just assuming that the fraction of LG G4 owners is not that much different in comparison to other countries, the absolute amount should still be lower than in the "big" European countries. But I clearly have to say: this is solely an assumption... nothing I have facts for. But I did read an article some time back, where someone from Google did talk about the idea of trying new software on smaller markets first to be sure everything is working well. But again: it doesn't mean, that this is definitely the case here.

someone755

So Sony's first update will be for America? Sweet, the two Sony phones getting updated will make up for Pearl Harbor.

(Czechoslovakia was invaded before Poland, by the way.)

Abhi

We Czech too much, that's why.

fastfooddiet

Technically it was a protectorate mandated by major european countries, not an invasion.

Abigél Ráhel

Czechoslovakia note exist mate....

Abhi

Maybe they just like to tether their phones to the Poles.

Android Developer

well they have to start somewhere...
However, I think it's better to start on small countries first, to see how well it works, and then to larger countries.

KRP

Poland is in fact one of the biggest country in Europe.

Android Developer

I know. I meant what it should have been.
Also, not sure if Poland has more people than the average countries in Europe, but never checked it.

Abigél Ráhel

why not...And what the problem.?Bad sleep ?
Solution:KDZ

Orlando Sablon III

It seems to be the tread in Poland, I recall Samsung also releasing lollipop and other Android builds, I think it had to do with the country, more or less...

kejwmen

This is all about a strong community in a relatively small country.

Karol Klimczak

Relatively small? Poland is almost the same size as Germany. I think it's the 6th UE country if we are looking at its area and population

While quick updates is nice, LG is continually making it more difficult to root and unlock bootloaders on their phones. I still haven't updated my G Pro to Lollipop because there is no root solution.

mrjayviper

G4 phones from EU have unlockable bootloader.

Dan

Great. Last time Poland was the first to get something was World War II

bejli

You sir deserve one thousand internets! :)

Lukasz Brodziak

And beat the crap out of the "manufacturer" :-)

Thorsten G.

Not that I am proud of it, but as far as I remember my grandfather once told me that he over slept his regiment's move through Poland.

Lukasz Brodziak

Good for him then as he was well rested :-) but seriously I'm not saying that we did that every time but about overal effect (taking into consideration that Polih soldiers were fighting all over Europe). Besides who cares about what was happening 70 years ago. Most important is what is to come and that we won't repeat the past mistakes.

Thorsten G.

Well said.

Roberto Virga

I hope LG had enough time to Polish it.

Max, el Slowpoke

Of course, that's why they are releasing it for Poland first. (/s)

Abigél Ráhel

ok why not?.....

Max, el Slowpoke

I suppose that resizing the navigation buttons to exaggerated levels didn't take them much time.

dontsh00tmesanta

Given they skipped 5.1.1 for this it's not shocking

Rol And

no word about the g3 ? thats disapointing

TonGi018

Meanwhile I got another 5.1.1 update on my Nexus 6. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

janke

After that beta test in "poland" (wtf it is?), this update will be soon showing to the normal countries, right?

pantagruel

No, it won't.

Đức Thành

LG is the new Motorola. Inb4 LG being bought by Google too, this time.

In other news: Samsung has just sent my Note4 an OTA to 5.1.1. Lollipop
With this they fixed the performance issues they introduced with their 5.0.1 update no less than 10 month ago.

toast

Well last time.... Android 5 .just wasn't ready for release. It screwed up alot of OEM timetables. So do you want to be the first to get Android 6.0.0? That's brave.

Arun kumar

Motorola where are you? Wake up.

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Flyies

Bitches... my G3 is 7-8 months old and it is quite disappointing to miss couple of small Lollipop updates due to promises for quick release of the next major update and now no date for Android M. LG, get your sh*t together asap.

Guest

The G3 came out in July 2014 in North America. That's 15 months ago...

Flyies

I'm not in North America and that really doesn't matter. LG STILL sells that phone for money and when I bought the phone the G4 wasn't announced yet! Basically you buy the latest and the greatest phone from LG and you stuck with Lollipop.

Flint_PS

ITT: Tears of people outraged by the fact Poland is getting an update first.

Nothappening

So glad I dropped the LG G series and went back to Nexus smartphones. You make a phone for numerous markets, your biggest market is probably the United States, and you choose to release your version of the latest Android OS in your smallest market first.

erikiksaz

Last year they released G3 for Poland sometime in November. The US? 3 months later.

This is just a publicity stunt. No indication of them providing speedy updates to anyone else other than the small % of users from Poland.

You're missing the point here. It doesn't matter if they're only releasing to Poland and using them as a sort of soak test. The key here is the fact that LG has managed to get a workable build out to part of the public very quickly.

I'm sure releasing this quickly to the US or another large country probably isn't as feasible but this does show that faster updates are very possible from the OEMs.

erikiksaz

Unless Poland represents a significant portion of the G4 user base, all this is is a publicized soak test. Motorola actually beat out Google to lollipop for one of the nexus devices last year with its Pure, which definitely landed on a hell of a lot more phones than Polish G4s.

This holds practically no weight until a larger portion of the European nations or a US/Canadian release is OTA'd.

Irinel Loghin

Why so salty bro ?
World doesn`t revolve around United States of Whatever.
Aside from that, a KDZ for a D855 from Poland will work on the same D855 in Asia, Australia, rest of Europe, and on those people that weren`t so stingy as to get a phone from a carrier. So.... Yeah ... you enjoy your NA models, on Lollipop. The rest of us will enjoy M :)

erikiksaz

Hah, sure as hell revolves more around the US than Poland.

TechGuy22

their skin is still shit.
so not that exciting

Retsu Unohana ®

Faster than T-mobile Nexus Marshmallow certification process.

revcrisis

Wtf, almost all devs on XDA haven't even got this thing to boot properly with vanilla M, and yet and LG has final code in the pipeline for a next week release with their interface/tweaks? How is that even possible lol.

h4rr4r

If you are part of the open handset alliance, you get source before public release.

Also LG has support from the SOC vendor in case of any driver issues.

urdarinda

Its obvious that they are fast. They had the sources even before 5X started. Gives them enough time to merge and play with MM

Piotr Żółtowski (Piter432)

I'm giving okayka :v

Andrew

Just putting the finishing touches on ruining the Android UX.

RXG9

Can't wait for a Cloudy port for the G2!

Fatal1ty_93_RUS

Why is it always Poland that gets the updates first? Small market so easier to roll out and test?

Alan Goldman

By the time verizon gets this I'll likely be buying the G5 or something else. This is the single biggest problem with being on Android unless you have a Nexus I guess... and I don't see this "carrier stranglehold" changing any time soon.